After the breakup of his band Smith Westerns, frontman Cullen Omori has decided to make his return this year with a solo debut. Omori has announced his new project New Misery, and with it comes the first cut from that via “Cinnamon.”
The new album is due out March 18, via iconic label Sub Pop. Omori told Pitchfork:
There is so much dirt in hospitals and fuzz and lint and dried blood on these [stretchers and wheelchairs]. We’d clean them down, which in a way is kind of therapeutic, and listen to the radio. Then we’d go back to [band member] Adam [Gil]’s house and record demos for what was to become the skeleton of New Misery. I can’t sit down and say I’m going to write a Sam Smith or an Adele song or whatever. The closest I can get to that is making like this weird hybrid of what I think is a pop song.
Stream the song and view the Abigail Briley Bean-directed video above. See track list and cover art, plus some tour dates below
New Misery Tracklist:
01. No Big Deal
02. Two Kinds
03. Hey Girl
04. And Yet the World Still Turns
05. Cinnamon
06. Poison Dart
07. Sour Silk
08. Synthetic Romance
09. Be a Man
10. LOM
11. New Misery
New Misery Artwork:
Cullen Omori 2016 Tour Dates:
02/03 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Hi-Fi
02/04 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
02/05 – Champaign, IL @ The Accord
03/24 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
03/25 – Madison, WI @ High Noon
03/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
03/28 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
03/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
03/30 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
04/01 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
04/02 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
04/03 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
04/05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
04/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Telegram Ballroom
04/08 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
04/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
04/11 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr.
04/12 – Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar
04/13 – Houston, TX @ Raven Tower
04/15 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
04/16 – Nashville, TN @ High Watt
04/17 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
04/18 – Washington, DC @ DC9
04/19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
04/21 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
04/22 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/24 – Toronto, ON @ Horsehoe Tavern
